Category : Red Zone Rumors

Kareem Hunt has had second chances before this season, so during the summer and into the start of the season, the veteran running back continued to work out as if some team would call with an opportunity. But at 29 and coming off a season when he averaged only 3.0

Veteran guard Zack Martin isn’t ready to say if he’ll be continuing his playing career in 2025. Martin’s 2024 season ended with an ankle injury that required surgery and he said in early December that he would take some time before making any call about suiting up next season. Martin

Marquise “Hollywood” Brown signed a one-year, $7 million deal with the Chiefs in the offseason. That means he’s scheduled to return to free agency in March. “I’m not really thinking about that until after this game,” Brown said Tuesday. “My focus is on the game. After that, then I’ll refocus

The Texans continued building out their offensive coaching staff under new coordinator Nick Caley on Tuesday. According to multiple reports, they have promoted Cole Popovich to the roles of offensive line coach and run game coordinator. Popovich had been the assistant offensive line coach in Houston for the last two

Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey has become the best player at his position in the NFL. In two seasons, he has made two Pro Bowls and was first-team All-Pro and second-team All-Pro. Aubrey has made 89.4 percent of his field goals, including 24-of-27 from 50 yards or longer with a long

On Monday, Commissioner Roger Goodell pushed back on the suggestion that game officials favor the Chiefs. On Tuesday, the union representing game officials issued a statement expressing appreciation for the Commissioner’s remarks. “Commissioner Goodell’s comments that it is ‘ridiculous’ to presume that NFL Officials are not doing everything possible to

The Jaguars have requested interviews with a number of General Manager candidates this week, but one of them is reportedly not interested in pursuing the job. Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that Buccaneers assistant G.M. Mike Greenberg has pulled his name out of consideration for the position.

Jalen Hurts is as prepared as any quarterback can be to change coordinators. He’s done it for most of his career. Hurts laughed when asked whether he was ready for yet another coordinator next year. “Ask me a week or so from now,” Hurts said. Hurts, who played three years

The Bears are hiring Jeremy Garrett as their new defensive line coach, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports. Garrett held the same position for the Jaguars in 2024. Garrett was a defensive lineman at Ole Miss from 2005-07 under defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen, who hired Garrett in Jacksonville last

Quarterback J.J. McCarthy’s bid for the Vikings quarterback job in 2024 ended with a knee injury he suffered in the team’s first preseason game and the first-round pick said on Tuesday that it was hard to be stuck as an observer for his rookie season. McCarthy watched Sam Darnold put

The Titans announced an addition to their defensive coaching staff on Tuesday afternoon. They have hired Travis Smith as their defensive run game coordinator. They also announced that Lori Locust will now have the title of defensive assistant. Smith spent the last three seasons as the Bears’ defensive line coach.

Mason Crosby has gone from unofficially retired to officially retired. Crosby did nt play at all during the 2024 season and he announced his retirement during his Tuesday radio show on 105.7 The Fan in Milwaukee. Crosby entered the league as a Packers sixth-round pick in 2007 and spent the

The Raiders and Chip Kelly made it official on Tuesday. Word came on Sunday that the Raiders would hire Kelly as their offensive coordinator and the team announced the move on Tuesday afternoon. Kelly joins Pete Carroll’s staff years after they matched up as head coaches on both the collegiate

Many things about the Super Bowl field look different from the normal NFL gridiron. This year, the Super Bowl playing surface will break from a four-plus-year tradition. According to Mike Silver of TheAthletic.com, the “End Racism” slogan will be removed from the back of the end zone for Super Bowl

The Bills are bringing Jason Rebrovich back to their coaching staff. Rebrovich was dismissed as the Packers’ defensive line coach at the end of the 2024 season and Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that he will join Sean McDermott’s staff as their assistant defensive line coach for the 2025 season.

Washington is hiring an assistant special teams coordinator. Per Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports, the Commanders are hiring Brian Schneider for the position. Schneider, 53, spent 2022-2024 as the 49ers special teams coordinator before he was fired in January. Washington head coach Dan Quinn and Schneider worked alongside each other

The rules the NFL put in place to deal with Tom Brady’s status as both an owner of the Raiders and a broadcaster for Fox Sports will be tweaked this week. Brady, who is set to call Super Bowl LIX with Kevin Burkhardt, is typically barred from team facilities, practices,

After drafting Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs coach Andy Reid kept him on the bench for his rookie season, while Alex Smith led the Chiefs to the playoffs. Reid says that was the best move for everyone involved. Reid said today that having a veteran like Smith there to show Mahomes how

Kirk Cousins’s football future is unclear at the moment, but he knows that any hopes of returning to life as a quality starting quarterback will require him to be in top physical form. Cousins didn’t look like he was in that kind of shape after returning from a torn Achilles

Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Rangers have a lot of flaws, but none are bigger than the fact they simply do not defend well enough. Goalies Igor Shesterkin and Jonathan Quick are doing a lot of heavy lifting — again — to mask their inability to suppress chances,

Chiefs receiver DeAndre Hopkins is in his 12th season and as close to a title as he’s ever been. Since he’s past his prime — his last Pro Bowl was in 2020 — he isn’t likely to have many more shots. Hopkins owes it all to the Titans, who traded

The Packers will be staying in-house to replace their linebackers coach. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Green Bay is promoting Sean Duggan to the role. Duggan, 31, was previously the linebackers coach under Jeff Haffley at Boston College from 2020-2023. He was promoted to co-defensive coordinator for the last

After the Chiefs won the AFC Championship Game, tight end Travis Kelce said that he loves being seen as a villain by those who have grown weary of Kansas City’s success. On Monday night in New Orleans, quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a somewhat different view on being cast in that

Xinhua via Getty Images None of the Premier League’s top three teams made a major signing in the winter transfer window. There are definitely arguments for why this is a good thing, but it’s also easy to accuse them all of lacking ambition or taking a big risk when there’s

Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce isn’t planning to follow his brother Jason into retirement just yet. Kelce will wrap up his 12th NFL season with Sunday’s Super Bowl and there were moments during the regular season where Kelce looked like he might be closing in on the end of his

Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter says stopping Patrick Mahomes isn’t easy, but it is simple: The key is to take him down. Asked at Super Bowl Opening Night how to stop Mahomes, Carter answered, “One thing is to sack him.” Carter continued that pass pressure from the Eagles’ defensive line

Ties in grades were broken through roundtable discussions among the four scouts. 1. CB Travis Hunter, Colorado (9.2) 2. Edge Abdul Carter, Penn State (9.1) 3. DL Mason Graham, Michigan (9.1)4. WR Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona (9.0) 5. S Malaki Starks, Georgia (8.9) 6. CB Will Johnson, Michigan (8.8) 7. IOL

Greg Olson is headed for a third stint with the Raiders. According to a report from TheAthletic.com, Olson will join Pete Carroll’s staff as quarterbacks coach under offensive coordinator Chip Kelly. Olson, 61, was previously with the Raiders as offensive coordinator from 2013-2014 and 2018-2021. He initially didn’t call plays

The Cowboys are hiring Tiquan Underwood as assistant receivers coach, Albert Breer of MMQB reports. He was with New England last year under Jerod Mayo, but the offensive coaches, including wide receivers coach Tyler Hughes and Underwood, were not retained under new head coach Mike Vrabel. Underwood, 37, also had

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt says other teams need to stop making excuses for losing to his team. Hunt was asked on NFL Network about the belief among many that the Chiefs’ run to the verge of the first-ever Super Bowl three-peat has benefited from favorable calls from the officials. Hunt

Former NFL linebacker John Huard died Jan. 29, the Broncos announced Monday. Huard was 80. He played three seasons with the Broncos and one with the Saints after Denver made Huard a fifth-round draft choice in 1967. Huard started 41 of the 42 games in which he appeared for Denver

Chiefs backup quarterback Carson Wentz spent five seasons in Philadelphia. He made a Pro Bowl and won a Super Bowl ring. The Eagles, though, traded Wentz — in a mutual parting — after former Eagles coach Doug Pederson benched him for the final four games in favor of Jalen Hurts.

Saquon Barkley left the Giants for the Eagles, but he thinks it might be a good spot for quarterback Jameis Winston. Winston is at the Super Bowl working for Fox and he asked the Eagles running back who he should sign with as a free agent during Super Bowl Opening

Donyell Malen.Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images If this was the 2021 winter transfer window, then Aston Villa would have earned an A+++ grade. But it’s 2025, so the arrivals of Marco Asensio, Marcus Rashford and Donyell Malen register closer to a B (with a question mark next to

Lincoln Financial Field has given the Eagles an incredible home field advantage. The Eagles are 107-69-1 in the regular season and 11-4 in the postseason since the stadium opened in 2003. What Lincoln Financial Field doesn’t do is give the team a chance to host other big events and thus

Kellen Moore insists he’s focused on the task at hand, which is preparing to call the plays for the Eagles offense in Super Bowl LIX. Yet, the Eagles’ offensive coordinator understood why reporters from New Orleans, and elsewhere, were peppering him with questions about the Saints. Moore is expected to

When receiver Cooper Kupp removed his Rams helmet after the divisional round loss to the Eagles, it was likely for the last time. Now that the Rams are trying to trade him, they’ll have to be willing to absorb a sizable chunk of his 2025 pay in order to find

In his second year as a player, Tom Brady won a Super Bowl in New Orleans. In his first year as a broadcaster, Brady will be working a Super Bowl in New Orleans. Appearing on the Let’s Go! podcast, Brady was asked by host Jim Gray whether he’s rooting for

During his annual Super Bowl press conference, Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is “considering” the possibility of launching a professional flag football league. In response to his characterization of the potential project, a source with knowledge of the situation called it an “understatement.” “The work is very much underway,”

In recent years, there’s been some speculation that Chiefs head coach Andy Reid could retire at the end of a season. While there hasn’t been as much of it before Super Bowl LIX, Chiefs owner Clark Hunt but the issue to bed while speaking to the media during Opening Night.

During Monday’s PFT Live, I tried to do a seat-of-the-pants estimate of the potential cap consequences to the Browns of a Myles Garrett trade. I should have found a belt. I thought the cap hit would be crippling. It’s not. On closer examination of the breakdown posted by Spotrac.com, it

The Jaguars have placed interview requests for five General Manager candidates. Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports reports that the Jaguars will interview Chargers assistant General Manager Chad Alexander, Bengals senior personnel executive Trey Brown and Bears assistant General Manager Ian Cunningham. The three join Giants assistant G.M. Brandon Brown and

The player who gets the ball on the tush push doesn’t like that term. And he’s not big on Brotherly Shove, either. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was asked during Super Bowl about the tush push, and he said that’s not a term he uses, preferring the same word for the

Eagles center Cam Jurgens confirmed Monday that he is good to go for Super Bowl LIX. Jurgens did not practice last week as he continued rehab on his back injury, but the Eagles did not list him with an injury designation on Friday. “Shoutout to the trainers and the medical

Cooper Kupp’s time with the Rams has apparently come to an end. In a Monday social media post, Kupp announced that the Rams informed him that they are looking to trade him and will work with him to find the best destination. “I don’t agree with the decision and always

The Jaguars have requested permission to interview Giants assistant General Manager Brandon Brown, Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports reports. The Jaguars are seeking a new General Manager to replace Trent Baalke. Brown interviewed for the Raiders’ G.M. job this year and for the Chargers and Panthers’ jobs last year. He

The Jaguars hired Liam Coen as their head coach after firing General Manager Trent Baalke and their search for a new G.M. is taking them back to Coen’s former team. Peter Schrager of Fox Sports reports that the Jags have requested an interview with Buccaneers assistant G.M. Mike Greenberg for

A report earlier Monday indicated NFL owners want to expand its regular season to 18 games within the next “2-3 years.” With its Super Bowl schedule set through the 2026 season, 2027 would be the earliest the NFL could seek to add another regular-season game. Commissioner Roger Goodell, though, said

Ten massage therapists have accused Justin Tucker of inappropriate behavior. The Ravens kicker broadly and flatly denied all allegations in a statement posted on X. The NFL said last week it would “look into” the allegations, which it was unaware of until the Baltimore Banner contacted the league for comment

The federal government’s push to end DEI programs has led a number of American companies to take similar positions, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Monday that the league has no intention to follow suit. Goodell was asked about the league’s commitment to the Rooney Rule and other diversity